English Questions – Antonyms 50

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1. Wane
   1) decrease
   2) decline
   3) deteriorate
   4) revive
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: revive – restore to life or consciousness.
   
   
2. Parochial
   1) conservative
   2) repine
   3) global
   4) repugnant
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Parochial – having a limited or narrow outlook or scope.
   global – relating to the whole world; worldwide.
   
   
3. Gumption
   1) seriousness
   2) apathy
   3) levity
   4) despair
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: gumption means initiative, or drive; apathy means a lack of interest or concern
   
   
4. Enslave
   1) subjugate
   2) captivate
   3) mitigate
   4) emancipate
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: emancipate – set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
   
   
5. Succor
   1) genius
   2) abet
   3) injure
   4) deciduous
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: injure – to succor means go to the aid of, or relieve; to injure means to harm
   
   
6. Craven
   1) timid
   2) dive
   3) eloquent
   4) dauntless
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: dauntless – showing fearlessness and determination.
   
   
7. Descry
   1) gouge out
   2) perceive
   3) misunderstand
   4) espy
   5) investigate
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: misunderstand
   Descry – catch sight of.(देख लेना)
   
   
8. Salvage
   1) salve
   2) retrieve
   3) endanger
   4) ransom
   5) redeem
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: endanger – put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
   
   
9. Ubiquitous
   1) prevalent
   2) relinquish
   3) superfluity
   4) diction
   5) unyielding
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Ubiquitous and prevalent both are the synonyms
   Ubiquitous – omnipresent, सर्वव्यापी
   Meaning – present, appearing, or found everywhere.
   Usage – “his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family”
   
   
10. Opulence
    1) critical
    2) finicky
    3) poverty
    4) funky
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Opulence – great wealth or luxuriousness.
    poverty – the state of being extremely poor.